Can One Eat Food that Went Through « Borer » on Shabbat?

Quiz

1 - If a Jew cooked food on Shabbat because he forgot that it was the Sabbath, which of the following statements is relevant?

• The food may be eaten by another Jew on Shabbat.
• The food may be eaten by the person who cooked, straight after Shabbat.
• The person who cooked the food may not eat it even after Shabbat.

2 - When a Jew cooked food on Shabbat intentionally, which of the following statements is correct?

• The person who cooked the food may never eat it.
• The person who cooked the food may eat it after Shabbat.
• No one may ever eat the food.

3 - If a Jew cooked unintentionally on Shabbat, the food may be eaten directly after Shabbat, while if a non-Jew cooked food for a Jew, we must wait the time it would take to cook the food after Shabbat before eating. Why is this so?

• We are always more stringent when a non-Jew does something.
• Our Sages were worried that we may come to ask the non-Jew to do it next Shabbat too, if it can be eaten straight away.
• It is more serious a transgression for a non-Jew to desecrate the Sabbath than it is for a Jew to do so.